diff --git a/fs/nfsctl.c b/fs/nfsctl.c
index 0d4cf9486068..1c72c7f85ddc 100644
--- a/fs/nfsctl.c
+++ b/fs/nfsctl.c
@@ -98,10 +98,8 @@ asmlinkage sys_nfsservctl(int cmd, struct nfsctl_arg __user *arg, void __user *r
 	if (copy_from_user(&version, &arg->ca_version, sizeof(int)))
 		return -EFAULT;
 
-	if (version != NFSCTL_VERSION) {
-		printk(KERN_WARNING "nfsd: incompatible version in syscall.\n");
+	if (version != NFSCTL_VERSION)
 		return -EINVAL;
-	}
 
 	if (cmd < 0 || cmd >= sizeof(map)/sizeof(map[0]) || !map[cmd].name)
 		return -EINVAL;